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Mid-Atlantic Region• Delaware• Maryland• New Jersey• New York• Virginia

Crabbing, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (photo credit: Kristy Wallmo)

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oMid-Atlantic Region | Regional Summary

MANAGEMENT CONTEXTThe Mid-Atlantic Region includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. Federal fisheries in this region are managed by the Mid-Atlantic Fish-ery Management Council (MAFMC) and NOAA Fisheries under seven fishery management plans (FMPs). Two of these FMPs are developed in conjunction with the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC). The MAFMC is the lead council for the Spiny Dogfish FMP; the NEFMC is the lead for the Monkfish FMP.

None of the stocks or stock complexes covered in these FMPs were listed as overfished or experiencing overfish-ing in 2014.

CATCH SHARE PROGRAMSTwo catch share programs operate in the Mid-Atlan-tic: 1) Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individu-al Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program; and 2) Golden Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. Fol-lowing is a description of these catch share programs and their performance. Because the surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries are prosecuted as independent fish-eries despite being in the same ITQ program, they are discussed separately.

The Atlantic Surfclam ITQ Program was implement-ed in 1990 to conserve the surfclam resource and sta-bilize harvest rates; simplify regulatory requirements to minimize public and private management costs; promote economic efficiency by bringing harvest capacity in line with processing and biological capacity; and create a management approach that is flexible and adaptive to short-term events or circumstances. The key performance indicators of this program show that compared with the Baseline period (the 3-year period prior to implemen-tation), 2013 quota and inflation-adjusted revenue per

vessel increased. However, landings, the number of active vessels, and inflation-adjusted total revenue decreased.

The Atlantic Ocean Quahog ITQ Program was im-plemented in 1990 to conserve the quahog resource and stabilize harvest rates; simplify regulatory requirements to minimize public and private management costs; pro-mote economic efficiency by bringing harvest capacity in line with processing and biological capacity; and create a management approach that is flexible and adaptive to short-term events or circumstances. The key perfor-mance indicators of this program show that relative to the Baseline period (the 3-year period prior to imple-mentation), 2013 inflation-adjusted revenue per vessel increased. However, quota, landings, number of active vessels, and inflation-adjusted total revenue decreased.

The Golden Tilefish IFQ Program was implemented in 2009 to reduce over-capacity and eliminate problems associated with the race to fish golden tilefish. This IFQ program is unique because many key events occurred outside the traditional management process. Prior to the implementation of the IFQ program, fishermen crafted internal agreements that promoted cooperation. Their cooperative operations helped fishing businesses stay viable under new regulations, which laid the foundation for implementing the IFQ program. The key performance indicators of this program show that relative to the Base-line period (the 3-year period prior to implementation), 2013 quota, landings, inflation-adjusted revenue, and inflation-adjusted revenue per vessel increased. Howev-er, the number of active vessels decreased.

POLICY UPDATESIn June 2015, the MAFMC approved an amendment to the mackerel, squid and butterfish FMP to protect deep sea corals from the impacts of bottom-tending fishing gear in the Mid-Atlantic. If approved by the Secretary of Com-merce, the amendment will create “deep sea coral zones” in areas where corals have been observed or where they are likely to occur. Within these zones, fishermen will not be allowed to use any type of bottom-tending fishing gear, such as trawls, dredges, bottom longlines and traps. In total, the areas proposed for deep sea coral zone designa-tion encompass more than 38,000 square miles.

Mid-Atlantic Region FMPs

1. Atlantic mackerel squids and butterfish2. Atlantic bluefish3. Spiny dogfish (with the NEFMC)4. Summer flounder, scup and black sea bass5. Surfclam and ocean quahog6. Golden tilefish7. Monkfish (with the NEFMC)

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1 The NMFS Commercial Fishing Industry Input/Output Model was used to generate the impact estimates (see NMFS Commercial Fishing & SeafoodIndustry Input/Output Model, available at www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/documents/commercial_seafood_impacts_2007-2009.pdf).

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The measures approved by the MAFMC include the designation of fifteen “discrete coral zones,” which are areas of known or highly likely coral presence. Most of these areas are located around underwater canyons or slope areas along the continental shelf edge. In addi-tion, the MAFMC voted to establish a “broad coral zone” encompassing a much larger area beginning around the 450-meter depth contour and extending out to the 200-mile limit of the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

The MAFMC approved an exemption from gear restric-tions for the red crab fishery. This exemption would ap-ply indefinitely in the broad zones and for at least two years in the discrete zones. The MAFMC also approved a provision that would allow vessel transit through or across all deep sea coral zones with a requirement that the vessel’s fishing gear be stowed during transit. The amendment would also require the use of Vessel Mon-itoring Systems for all Illex squid moratorium vessels regardless of whether fishing activity is occurring within or outside any proposed deep sea coral zones.

COMMERCIAL FISHERIESIn 2014, commercial fishermen in the Mid-Atlantic Region landed 591 million pounds of fin fish and shell-fish, earning $471 million in landings revenue. Landings revenue was dominated by sea scallop ($126 million) and blue crab ($91 million). These species commanded ex-vessel prices of $12.28 and $1.68 per pound, respec-tively, and made up 46 percent of total landings revenue in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Virginia ($168 million) and New Jersey ($152 million) had the highest landings reve-nue in the region in 2014. Delaware had the lowest land-ings revenue ($7 million). In terms of pounds landed, Virginia (388 million pounds) had the highest landings, followed by New Jersey (124 million pounds). Delaware had the lowest landings at 4 million pounds.

Economic ImpactsIn this report, the U.S. seafood industry includes the commercial harvest sector, seafood processors and dealers, seafood wholesalers and distributors, importers, and seafood retailers.1 In 2014, the Mid-Atlantic Region’s seafood industry generated $6.9 billion in sales impacts in New Jersey, $6.9 billion in sales impacts in New York, $1.5 billion in sales impacts in Maryland, $1.3 billion in sales impacts in Virginia, and $73 million in sales impacts in Delaware. The largest job impacts were generated in New York (57,000 jobs) and New Jersey (44,000 jobs). The largest income ($1.5 billion) and value-added ($2.5 bil-lion) impacts were generated in New Jersey. The smallest impacts were generated in Delaware with 500 jobs, $14 million in income, and $24 million in value-added impacts.

The sector that generated the greatest employment impacts by state was the retail sector with 29,000 jobs in New York. More sales impacts were generated by importers in New York than any other sector in any another state in the region at $5.3 billion. The greatest value-added impacts were also generated by importers in New York ($1.6 billion).

Landings RevenueLandings revenue in the Mid-Atlantic Region totaled $471 million in 2014. This was a 7 percent increase (a 9% decrease in real terms after adjusting for inflation) from 2005 levels and an 8 percent increase from 2013. Virgin-ia ($168 million) and New Jersey ($152 million) had the highest landings revenue in the region, while Delaware had the lowest ($7 million). Totaling $353 million in 2014, shellfish revenue experienced a 4 percent increase (an 11% decrease in real terms) from 2005 to 2014 and a 14 percent increase from 2013 to 2014. New Jersey earned the most from shellfish ($127 million), followed by Virgin-ia ($114 million) and Maryland ($73 million). Virginia and New Jersey earned the most from finfish landings reve-nue, $55 million and $25 million, respectively.

Sea scallop ($126 million) and blue crab ($91 million) had the highest landings revenue in the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2014. From 2005 to 2014, species or species groups with large increases in landings revenue includ-ed oysters (696%, 577% in real terms), striped bass (38%, 18% in real terms), and quahog clam (67%,

Key Mid-Atlantic Region Commercial Species• American lobster• Atlantic surfclam• Blue crab• Eastern oyster• Menhaden

• Quahog clam• Sea scallop• Squid• Striped bass• Summer flounder

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42% in real terms). Key species or species groups for which landings revenues increased between 2013 and 2014 included oysters (43%), sea scallop (25%), and blue crab (5%); all other species experienced landings revenue declines. Surging production in Virginia from aquaculture operations accounted for the majority of oyster landings revenue growth. Notably large decreas-es in landings revenue between 2005 and 2014 were experienced by Atlantic surfclam (-53%, -60% in real terms), American lobster (-45%, -53% in real terms), and sea scallop (-31%, -41% in real terms). Species or species groups with large decreases in landings revenue between 2013 and 2014 included squid (-31%), sum-mer flounder (-23%), and striped bass (-21%).

LandingsFishermen in the Mid-Atlantic Region landed 591 million pounds of finfish and shellfish in 2014. This was a 17 percent decrease from 2005 levels and a 2 percent in-crease from 2013. Virginia (388 million pounds) and New Jersey (124 million pounds) had the highest landings while Delaware had the lowest (4 million pounds). Finfish landings contributed 77 percent of total landings in the Mid-Atlantic Region (454 million pounds) in 2014. Finfish landings experienced a 12 percent decrease from 2005 to 2014 and a 2 percent increase from 2013. Shellfish landings experienced a 28 percent decrease from 2005 to 2014 and were virtually unchanged from 2013 levels.

Menhaden had the highest annual landings (378 million pounds) in the Mid-Atlantic in 2014 and accounted for 64 percent of total landings in the region. From 2005 to 2014, species or species groups with large increases in landings included oysters (339%) and quahog clam (24%). Species or species groups with large increases in landings between 2013 and 2014 included oysters (22%) and sea scallop (16%). Sea scallop (-58%), Atlantic surfclam (-58%), American lobster (-49%), and summer flounder (-41%) experienced sizable declines in landings between 2005 and 2014. Sea scallop land-ings declined during this 10-year period primarily due to a 35 percent reduction in the catch limit that was implemented in 2012 to protect young sea scallops and prevent localized overfishing. Species or species groups with large decreases in landings from 2013 and 2014 include squid (-44%) and summer flounder (-38%).

Commercial Fisheries Facts

Landings Revenue• On average between 2005 and 2014, the

key species or species groups accounted for 84 percent of total revenue, generating $389 million in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

• Sea scallop had higher landings revenues than any other species or species group, averaging $158 million in landings revenue from 2005 to 2014.

Landings• Key species or species groups contributed

an average of 85 percent annually to total landings between 2005 and 2014, with an annual average of 600 million pounds.

• Menhaden contributed the most to landings in the region, averaging 431 million pounds from 2005 to 2014.

Prices• Sea scallop had the highest average annu-

al ex-vessel price per pound from 2005 to 2014: $8.40.

• Menhaden had the lowest average annu-al ex-vessel price per pound from 2005 to 2014: $0.07.

PricesThe ex-vessel prices for all Mid-Atlantic key species and species groups in 2014 (seven of the species in real terms) were higher than their 10-year average. Ex-vessel prices for oysters (81%, 54% in real terms), blue crab (68%, 42% in real terms), and sea scallop (66%, 41% in real terms) increased the most between 2005 and 2014. Relative to ex-vessel prices in 2013, summer flounder (24%) and squid (23%) had the greatest increases.

RECREATIONAL FISHERIESIn 2014, 2.2 million recreational anglers took 14.3 mil-lion fishing trips in the Mid-Atlantic Region. About 94 per-cent of these anglers were residents of a regional coastal county. Of the total fishing trips taken, 53 percent of them were taken from the private boat sector and anoth-er 38 percent from the shore sector. Summer flounder was the most frequently caught species or species group with 17.6 million fish caught in 2014. This figure repre-sented 29 percent of total fish caught in the Region.

Economic Impacts and ExpendituresThe contribution of recreational fishing activities2 in the

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2 Trip expenditure estimates were generated from the 2011 National Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey. Durable good expenditure impacts were generated from the 2014 National Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey (see http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/economics/fisheries/recre-ational/Marine-Angler-Durable-Expenditures/2014-durable-expenditures-survey). Economic impacts from recreational fishing activities were generated using the NMFS Recreational Economic Impact Model (see The Economic Contribution of Marine Angler Expenditures in the United States, 2011, avail-able at http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/economics/publications/marine-angler-expenditures/marine-angler-2011).

Mid-Atlantic Region are reported in terms of economic impacts at the state level (employment, sales, income and value-added impacts) and expenditures on fishing trips and durable equipment at the regional level. Em-ployment impacts in New Jersey were the highest in the region with approximately 19,962 full- and part-time jobs generated by recreational fishing activities in the state. New York (9,561 jobs) and Maryland (7,721 jobs) followed in terms of employment impacts.

In addition to jobs, the contribution of recreational fish-ing activities to the Mid-Atlantic Region’s economy can be measured in terms of sales impacts and the con-tribution of these activities to gross domestic product (value-added impacts). In 2014, sales impacts were the highest in New Jersey ($2 billion in sales impacts), followed by New York ($1 billion). Value-added impacts were the highest in New Jersey ($1.5 billion in value added impacts), followed by New York ($0.7 billion).

The total saltwater fishing trip and durable equipment expenditures were $4 billion across the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2014. Approximately 80 percent of these ex-penditures were related to durable equipment purchas-es. The largest durable goods expenditures were for boat expenses ($1.9 billion), followed by fishing tackle ($841.1 million) and other equipment ($285.8 million). Fishing trip-related expenditures by the Mid-Atlantic Region’s non-residents totaled $266.6 million, of which the greatest portion can be attributed to trips in the private boat sector ($117.1 million). Residents of the Mid-Atlantic Region spent $530.2 million on trip-related expenses with the greatest of these expenses related to the private boat sector ($308 million).

ParticipationThere were 2.2 million recreational anglers who fished in the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2014. This was a 31 percent decrease from 2005 (3.3 million anglers). These anglers

were Mid-Atlantic Region residents from either a coast-al (2.1 million anglers) or non-coastal county (130,000 anglers). About 94 percent of total anglers in 2014 were residents of a coastal county. Coastal county angler participation in 2014 decreased 30 percent from 2005 (3 million anglers) and increased 1 percent between 2013 and 2014. Non-coastal county angler participation decreased 48 percent from 2005 (252,000 anglers) and decreased 6 percent from 2013 (138,000 anglers).

Fishing TripsRecreational fishermen took 14.3 million fishing trips in the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2014. This was a 31 percent decrease from 2005 and a 1 percent increase from 2013. Approximately 53 percent of the saltwater trips were from the private boat sector. The other most popular mode of fishing was shore with 38 percent of trips in 2014.

Harvest and ReleaseThe Mid-Atlantic Region’s species and species groups caught most frequently in 2014 were summer flounder (17.6 million fish), drum (Atlantic croaker, 10.8 million

Key Mid-Atlantic Region Recreational Species

• Atlantic croaker• Bluefish• Black seabass• Scup• Spot

• Striped bass• Summer flounder• Tautog• Winter flounder• Weakfish drum

Recreational Fishing Facts

Participation• An average of 2.7 million anglers fished in

the Mid-Atlantic Region annually from 2005 to 2014.

• Residents of coastal counties within the Mid-Atlantic Region accounted for an aver-age of 93 percent of total anglers annually during the 10-year period.

Fishing trips• In the Mid-Atlantic Region, an average of

18 million fishing trips were taken annually from 2005 to 2014.

• Private or rental boat and shore-based fish-ing trips accounted for an annual average of 10.1 million and 6.7 million fishing trips, respectively, from 2005 to 2014.

Harvest and Release• Summer flounder was the most commonly

caught key species or species group, averag-ing 19.3 million fish over the 10-year period. Croaker (16.1 million fish) and spot (9 million fish) were the next most frequently caught.

• Of the 10 commonly caught key species or species groups, nine were released more of 10 than harvested during this period.

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fish), and drum (spot, 7.4 million fish). Between 2005 and 2014, nine of the Mid-Atlantic Region’s key species or species groups showed decreases in catch totals, with the largest decreases occuring among weakfish drum (-92%), winter flounder (-84%), and drum (Atlantic croaker, -52%). Increases in the number of fish caught between 2005 and 2014 were observed in wrasses (tautog, 104%).

MARINE ECONOMYAcross all sectors of the economy in the Mid-Atlantic Region,3 about 17 million full- and part-time employees were employed by about 1.1 million establishments in 2013. Annual payroll totaled $945 billion. Combined employee compensation in the Mid-Atlantic Region to-taled $1.5 trillion. The combined gross state product of all states totaled about $2.7 trillion.4

The Commercial Fishing Location Quotient (CFLQ) provides a measure of the proportional size of this sector in a state’s economy relative to the size of the commercial fishing sector in the national economy.5 The CFLQ is calculated as the ratio of the percentage of regional employment in the commercial fishing sector relative to the percentage of national employment in the commercial fishing sector. The national CFLQ is 1. If a state CFLQ is less than 1, then less commercial fishing occurs in this state than the national average. If a state CFLQ is greater than 1, then more commercial fishing occurs in this state than the national average.

In 2013, the CFLQ for New Jersey was the highest in the region at 1.02. New Jersey’s CFLQ suggests that the level of employment in commercial fishing-related in-dustries in this state is approximately 1.02 times higher than the level of employment in these industries nation-wide. The 2013 CFLQ in Virginia was second highest in the Region at 0.68.

Seafood Sales and ProcessingThe number of non-employer firms (businesses that have no paid employees and are subject to federal in-come tax) engaged in seafood product preparation and packaging in the Mid-Atlantic Region increased 59 percent to 331 firms in 2013, relative to 2005. The greatest num-ber of these non-employer firms was located in New York (150). Annual receipts increased 83 percent to about $22 million in 2013 (a 41% increase in real terms). Employer

establishments engaged in seafood product preparation and packaging decreased 34 percent from 2005 to 2013, to 65 firms. The biggest number of Mid-Atlantic Region employer firms in this sector was located in Virginia (18). The number of employees decreased 46 percent to 2,041. Annual payroll decreased 18 percent to about $89 million in 2013 (a 37% decrease in real terms).

Employer establishments in the wholesale seafood sales sector decreased 4 percent from 2005 to 2013, to 481. The largest number of wholesaling establishments was located in New York (264). The number of employees decreased 11 percent to 3,821. Annual payroll in-creased 2 percent to about $170 million in 2013 (a 21% decrease in real terms).

The number of non-employer firms in the retail seafood sector in the Mid-Atlantic Region decreased 3 percent to 468 firms in 2013, relative to 2005. The greatest number of these non-employer firms was located in New York (197). Annual receipts decreased 25 percent to about $38 million in 2013 (a 43% decrease in real terms). Employer establishments engaged in sea-food retail decreased 4 percent from 2005 to 2013, to 672 firms. The biggest number of Mid-Atlantic Region employer firms in this sector was located in New York (399). The number of employees increased 2 percent to 3,103. Annual payroll increased 32 percent to about $77 million in 2013 (a 1% increase in real terms).

Transport, Support and Marine OperationsThe size of the Transport, Support and Marine Operations sectors in the Mid-Atlantic Region is difficult to assess because much of the state-level data is suppressed for confidentiality purposes. It is clear, however, that these sectors play an important role in the regional economy. For example, there were 932 establishments classified as marinas, employing 4,926 workers and spending $203 million on payroll in 2013 across all five states in the re-gion. The Navigational Services to Shipping sector includ-ed 88 establishments, employment of 1,423 workers, and payroll of $117 million across all Mid-Atlantic states. In addition, the Marine Cargo Handling sector consisted of 20 establishments employing 6,912 workers and contributing $539 million in payroll in New Jersey alone.

Tables | Mid-Atlantic Region

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oMid-Atlantic Region | Commercial Fisheries

Total Landings Revenue & Landings Revenue of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of dollars)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total Revenue 440,045 374,180 423,232 452,636 435,847 521,140 552,315 510,297 435,977 470,855 Finfish & Other 101,499 106,388 103,874 91,455 101,902 111,551 119,981 131,010 125,391 117,824 Shellfish 338,547 267,793 319,358 361,181 333,946 409,589 432,334 379,287 310,585 353,031

Key SpeciesAmerican lobster 6,696 9,105 8,744 7,213 5,989 6,265 4,692 5,271 4,063 3,703 Atlantic surfclam 27,084 27,241 32,479 30,019 26,426 19,940 18,737 16,501 13,688 12,850 Blue crab 71,073 55,628 69,498 80,912 80,019 127,737 101,630 101,942 86,787 90,710 Eastern oyster 6,703 6,343 9,039 11,205 9,356 12,038 13,043 20,231 37,230 53,379 Menhaden 28,188 25,104 29,918 24,457 28,581 40,315 39,666 40,043 33,780 33,177 Quahog clam 20,773 20,230 23,601 35,853 23,022 28,880 27,607 29,502 35,902 34,733 Sea scallop 181,327 121,121 147,053 165,916 161,814 184,288 227,443 168,921 100,411 125,945 Squid 9,163 7,937 7,443 7,724 7,158 12,031 20,646 17,819 12,078 8,306 Striped Bass 11,335 9,958 10,993 10,671 11,459 9,450 10,520 14,622 19,792 15,679 Summer flounder 13,615 13,432 10,855 9,693 9,980 12,849 15,614 17,194 17,131 13,232

Total Landings & Landings of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of pounds)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total Landings 708,724 690,884 749,980 687,788 694,960 812,857 797,355 759,928 582,307 591,201 Finfish & Other 517,880 510,978 556,720 482,151 490,235 578,845 575,446 568,905 445,270 454,444 Shellfish 190,843 179,906 193,259 205,638 204,725 234,012 221,909 191,022 137,037 136,756

Key SpeciesAmerican lobster 1,585 1,772 1,604 1,520 1,576 1,549 1,086 1,271 980 811 Atlantic surfclam 50,921 46,631 53,952 48,099 41,692 30,946 30,272 26,535 22,788 21,430 Blue crab 70,983 61,862 65,070 67,975 76,097 119,286 104,414 88,964 55,424 53,969 Eastern oyster 1,202 962 2,388 1,778 1,438 1,770 2,038 2,749 4,311 5,274 Menhaden 412,672 400,662 472,086 397,537 395,469 499,578 496,829 492,532 366,343 377,518 Quahog clam 3,735 3,568 4,115 5,246 3,255 3,685 3,551 3,730 4,586 4,617 Sea scallop 24,526 18,747 22,793 24,355 25,646 23,998 23,385 17,627 8,855 10,256 Squid 12,260 10,520 8,607 8,241 8,310 26,822 33,333 26,069 14,549 8,151 Striped Bass 5,706 4,741 5,477 5,693 5,852 5,582 5,461 5,589 4,709 4,762 Summer flounder 8,360 6,608 4,725 4,260 5,137 6,384 8,672 7,795 8,010 4,970

Average Annual Price of Key Species/Species Groups (dollars per pound)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

American lobster 4.22 5.14 5.45 4.75 3.80 4.04 4.32 4.15 4.14 4.57Atlantic surfclam 0.53 0.58 0.60 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.62 0.62 0.60 0.60Blue crab 1.00 0.90 1.07 1.19 1.05 1.07 0.97 1.15 1.57 1.68Eastern oyster 5.58 6.60 3.79 6.30 6.51 6.80 6.40 7.36 8.64 10.12Menhaden 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09Quahog clam 5.56 5.67 5.74 6.83 7.07 7.84 7.77 7.91 7.83 7.52Sea scallop 7.39 6.46 6.45 6.81 6.31 7.68 9.73 9.58 11.34 12.28Squid 0.75 0.75 0.86 0.94 0.86 0.45 0.62 0.68 0.83 1.02Striped Bass 1.99 2.10 2.01 1.87 1.96 1.69 1.93 2.62 4.20 3.29Summer flounder 1.63 2.03 2.30 2.28 1.94 2.01 1.80 2.21 2.14 2.66

2014 Economic Impacts of the Mid-Atlantic Seafood Industry (thousands of dollars)With Imports Without Imports

Landings Revenue #Jobs Sales Income Value

Added #Jobs Sales Income Value Added

Delaware 6,587 456 72,919 13,996 23,878 285 32,257 6,832 10,956 Maryland 90,252 14,636 1,461,779 378,307 577,856 8,332 433,330 159,546 217,284 New Jersey 151,930 44,433 6,862,897 1,529,212 2,486,353 7,291 580,593 192,946 277,011 New York 53,848 56,735 6,858,434 1,466,405 2,426,360 4,302 197,521 68,630 95,997 Virginia 168,239 17,253 1,256,929 396,372 568,765 14,618 798,612 304,860 412,727

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Recreational Anglers by Residential Area (thousands of anglers)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Coastal 3,002 2,876 3,234 2,823 2,437 2,598 2,244 2,092 2,081 2,111Non-Coastal 252 224 212 197 186 177 146 175 138 130Out-of-State NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NATotal Anglers 3,254 3,100 3,446 3,020 2,623 2,775 2,390 2,267 2,219 2,241

Recreational Fishing Effort by Mode (thousands of angler trips)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

For-Hire 1,270 1,338 1,690 1,145 1,110 874 1,050 952 1,365 1,259Private 11,900 11,862 12,371 11,566 9,709 9,367 8,512 7,676 6,852 7,633Shore 7,667 7,370 8,125 8,004 6,196 6,346 6,412 5,806 6,000 5,455Total Trips 20,837 20,570 22,186 20,715 17,015 16,587 15,974 14,434 14,217 14,347

Harvest (H) & Release (R) of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of fish)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Blackseabass

H 996 1,118 1,302 927 1,334 1,317 533 1,134 786 999R 5,412 5,737 6,404 8,475 6,273 6,459 3,204 7,666 5,113 4,832

BluefishH 4,671 3,902 4,946 3,517 2,934 2,558 2,467 2,640 2,167 3,215R 6,641 5,697 8,013 7,212 4,457 3,937 4,243 4,269 2,461 4,036

Drum (Atlantic croaker)

H 10,494 9,252 8,582 9,980 7,308 6,020 3,992 4,789 6,581 5,218R 12,242 7,419 11,026 12,910 9,404 6,232 5,389 8,429 10,520 5,623

Drum(spot)

H 4,769 6,659 11,997 6,557 4,347 3,699 4,032 2,850 5,815 5,520R 4,755 2,885 3,940 4,491 2,238 2,573 2,609 2,642 5,802 1,833

Drum (weakfish)

H 1,103 555 333 372 38 14 7 158 48 20R 1,969 2,051 1,037 1,987 178 458 467 957 212 215

Porgies(scup)

H 993 2,005 1,698 1,544 1,637 2,736 770 713 1,242 1,178R 2,254 3,543 2,501 3,172 2,292 2,413 1,041 1,628 1,967 1,732

Stripedbass

H 1,602 2,027 1,776 1,682 1,388 1,406 1,655 949 1,421 1,287R 8,032 9,227 7,729 4,789 3,802 3,468 3,781 3,411 4,737 4,632

Summerflounder

H 3,337 3,197 2,544 1,723 1,563 1,227 1,511 1,967 2,060 1,996R 20,358 14,547 16,577 18,432 21,371 21,400 18,467 13,317 12,160 15,602

Winterflounder

H 133 325 107 44 76 55 93 44 6 38R 221 189 41 32 136 103 126 36 33 20

Wrasses(tautog)

H 279 678 727 669 693 762 351 166 237 511R 859 2,006 2,201 1,978 1,912 2,317 1,529 1,109 1,221 1,810

2014 Angler Trip & Durable Goods Expenditures (thousands of dollars)Fishing Mode Trip Expenditures

Non-Residents ResidentsFor-Hire 76,521 109,651Private Boat 117,073 307,983Shore 72,962 112,595Total 266,556 530,229

Equipment Durable Goods ExpendituresFishing Tackle 841,101Other Equipment 285,788Boat Expenses 1,898,082Vehicle Expenses 194,767Second Home Expenses 15,083Total Durable Expenditures 3,234,821

Total State Trip and Durable Goods Expenditures 4,031,606

2014 Economic Impacts of the Mid-Atlantic Recreational Fishing Expenditures (thousands of dollars, trips)Trips #Jobs Sales Income Value Added

Delaware 868 1,562 142,279 61,959 98,343Maryland 2,473 7,721 726,850 338,785 513,107New Jersey 4,869 19,962 2,036,835 956,242 1,456,978New York 3,955 9,561 976,928 466,515 718,728Virginia 2,182 5,218 473,659 212,615 335,482

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Delaware | Commercial Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of the Delaware Seafood Industry (thousands of dollars)With Imports Without Imports

#Jobs Sales Income Value Added #Jobs Sales Income Value

AddedTotal Impacts 456 72,919 13,996 23,878 285 32,257 6,832 10,956

Commercial Harvesters 139 12,069 2,872 3,889 139 12,069 2,872 3,889 Seafood Processors & Dealers 30 5,322 936 1,800 26 4,673 822 1,581

Importers 125 34,479 5,526 10,511 - - - - Seafood Wholesalers & Distributors 38 5,120 1,947 2,321 18 2,361 898 1,070

Retail 123 15,930 2,716 5,357 101 13,155 2,240 4,417

Total Landings Revenue & Landings Revenue of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of dollars)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Total Revenue 6,113 5,692 7,931 6,900 7,543 7,845 7,092 8,464 7,422 6,587

Finfish & Other 1,273 1,330 1,300 1,100 1,068 1,074 1,329 1,220 1,794 1,526 Shellfish 4,840 4,361 6,631 5,801 6,475 6,772 5,763 7,244 5,627 5,061

Key SpeciesAmerican eel 100 275 292 190 134 206 274 159 244 171 Black sea bass 157 190 198 156 25 8 2 - 2 NA Blue crab 3,429 2,961 5,329 4,605 5,435 5,957 4,819 6,664 4,576 3,762 Eastern oyster 485 459 490 410 334 404 347 345 407 420 Quahog clam 220 193 181 127 117 110 143 123 177 131 Sea scallop 102 99 NA 256 173 NA NA NA NA NA Spot 98 7 57 40 49 50 66 16 64 104 Striped bass 494 380 300 403 327 400 412 470 766 498 Weakfish 82 32 31 18 5 4 2 56 16 8 Whelks NA 601 540 352 389 272 361 83 414 626

Total Landings & Landings of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of pounds)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Total Landings 4,851 4,380 5,346 4,706 5,011 5,214 4,921 5,640 4,048 3,606

Finfish & Other 1,470 1,156 1,102 817 1,154 851 1,157 935 1,265 1,344 Shellfish 3,381 3,224 4,244 3,890 3,857 4,363 3,764 4,705 2,783 2,262

Key SpeciesAmerican eel 110 120 131 80 60 69 91 54 83 56 Black sea bass 73 87 73 61 6 3 4 - 4 NA Blue crab 2,924 2,856 3,799 3,508 3,414 4,110 3,502 4,571 2,488 1,893 Eastern oyster 84 75 80 67 67 71 62 60 71 73 Quahog clam 69 60 44 36 31 30 39 32 43 40 Sea scallop 13 16 NA 38 25 NA NA NA NA NA Spot 155 8 62 32 61 60 82 18 73 107 Striped bass 174 137 143 189 184 185 185 190 187 167 Weakfish 71 18 25 11 3 2 1 29 9 4 Whelks NA 203 288 217 313 138 131 29 156 229

Average Annual Price of Key Species/Species Groups (dollars per pound)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014American eel 0.91 2.28 2.22 2.38 2.24 3.00 3.03 2.93 2.94 3.06Black sea bass 2.15 2.18 2.73 2.57 4.31 2.63 0.50 0.85 0.50 NABlue crab 1.17 1.04 1.40 1.31 1.59 1.45 1.38 1.46 1.84 1.99Eastern oyster 5.76 6.10 6.14 6.09 4.97 5.67 5.56 5.76 5.71 5.71Quahog clam 3.18 3.22 4.09 3.57 3.79 3.69 3.72 3.84 4.07 3.24Sea scallop 8.08 6.27 NA 6.81 6.80 NA NA NA NA NASpot 0.63 0.97 0.92 1.24 0.81 0.84 0.81 0.89 0.88 0.97Striped bass 2.84 2.78 2.09 2.13 1.77 2.16 2.22 2.47 4.09 2.99Weakfish 1.16 1.76 1.27 1.75 1.93 1.56 2.01 1.95 1.85 1.93Whelks NA 2.96 1.88 1.62 1.24 1.97 2.76 2.89 2.66 2.73

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Delaware | Recreational Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of Delaware Recreational Fishing Expenditures (thousands of dollars)#Jobs Sales Income Value Added

Trip Impacts by Fishing Mode For-Hire 87 8,589 3,457 4,852Private Boat 139 13,778 4,546 7,433Shore 271 23,570 8,159 13,324

Total Durable Expenditures 1,065 96,342 45,797 72,734Total State Economic Impacts 1,562 142,279 61,959 98,343

Recreational Anglers by Residential Area (thousands of anglers)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Coastal 120 137 150 134 114 128 129 111 82 93Non-Coastal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Out-of-State 191 205 224 182 173 165 190 151 97 146Total Anglers 311 342 374 316 287 293 319 262 179 239


For-Hire 42 62 71 56 44 21 18 21 37 41Private 553 595 721 528 487 408 511 481 349 363Shore 431 427 459 444 379 391 397 374 378 464Total Trips 1,026 1,084 1,251 1,028 910 820 926 876 764 868

Harvest (H) & Release (R) of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of fish)2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Atlanticmackerel

H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Blackseabass

H 68 114 93 22 37 22 43 40 37 24R 276 328 584 464 293 232 211 205 249 228

BluefishH 128 97 154 69 98 32 46 35 24 127R 190 289 539 167 167 58 128 118 70 325

Drum (Atlanticcroaker)

H 825 764 359 370 452 76 92 88 232 413R 675 937 672 602 537 229 88 447 770 665

Drum(weakfish)

H 19 11 4 4 6 0 0 5 7 3R 105 95 23 61 4 12 6 85 23 22

Stripedbass

H 20 20 8 27 20 16 18 25 19 9R 251 248 248 261 145 65 110 110 84 185

Summerflounder

H 73 88 108 35 87 53 66 45 58 93R 795 445 1,072 604 964 618 616 253 238 292

Whiteperch

H 36 69 34 40 64 187 112 70 119 106R 105 194 190 243 121 397 272 187 369 65

Wrasses(tautog)

H 61 111 100 102 120 57 45 47 39 50R 233 193 267 164 224 196 88 107 99 76

Yellowfintuna

H 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Equipment Durable Goods ExpendituresFishing Tackle 36,125Other Equipment 12,117Boat Expenses 69,440Vehicle Expenses 6,697Second Home Expenses 0Total Durable Expenditures 124,379

Total State Trip and Durable Goods Expenditures 165,009

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Delaware | Marine Economy

Delaware’s State Economy (% of national total)1,2

#Establishments #EmployeesAnnualPayroll

($ billions)

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LocationQuotient3

2005 25,319 (0.3%) 392,840 (0.3%) 16.88 (0.4%) 24.18 (0.3%) 52.90 (0.4%) ds2013 24,151 (0.3%) 382,128 (0.3%) 19.54 (0.3%) 27.97 (0.3%) 60.82 (0.4%) ds%Change -4.8 -2.8 13.6 13.6 13.0 NA

Seafood Sales & Processing - Non-Employer Firms (thousands of dollars)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Seafood product prep. & packaging

Firms 3 3 ds 3 ds ds ds ds dsReceipts 64 214 ds 27 ds ds ds ds ds

Seafood sales,retail

Firms 12 9 12 9 10 9 9 11 8Receipts 1,523 835 1,025 418 813 1,107 1,226 1,333 520

Seafood Sales & Processing - Employer Establishments (thousands of dollars)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Seafood product prep. & packaging

Establishments 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Employees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Payroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Seafood sales,wholesale


Payroll 0 337 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,020



Payroll 3,264 3,133 2,997 1,498 1,348 1,414 1,493 1,545 1,396

Transport, Support & Marine Operations - Employer Establishments (thousands of dollars)1,2

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Coastal & GreatLakes freighttransportation

Establishments 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0Employees ds ds ds ds ds ds NA NA NA

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds NA NA NA

Deep sea freighttransportation

Establishments 1 0 0 4 4 5 2 1 1Employees ds NA NA ds ds 120 ds ds ds

Payroll ds NA NA ds ds 10,768 ds ds dsDeep seapassengertransportation

Establishments 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2Employees ds NA NA NA NA ds NA NA ds

Payroll ds NA NA NA NA ds NA NA ds

MarinasEstablishments 16 18 17 19 16 19 17 18 19

Employees ds ds 88 65 ds 65 ds 67 64Payroll ds ds 2,540 1,738 1,877 2,342 3,106 1,963 2,196

Marine cargohandling

Establishments 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3Employees ds 597 527 629 ds 434 511 ds 565

Payroll ds 18,812 19,027 19,204 16,952 16,835 19,203 ds 20,698Navigationalservices toshipping

Establishments 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8Employees ds 75 76 79 85 76 78 ds 82

Payroll ds 4,783 4,961 5,360 5,672 5,176 5,096 3,111 5,330

Port & harboroperations

Establishments 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 3Employees ds ds ds ds ds 29 44 ds ds

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds 1,182 1,512 ds ds

Ship & boatbuilding

Establishments 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4Employees ds ds ds ds ds ds ds 50 61

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds ds 2,313 2,516

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2014 Economic Impacts of the Maryland Seafood Industry (thousands of dollars)With Imports Without Imports


AddedTotal Impacts 14,636 1,461,779 378,307 577,856 8,332 433,330 159,546 217,284

Commercial Harvesters 3,328 159,232 45,362 70,821 3,328 159,232 45,362 70,821 Seafood Processors & Dealers 1,643 144,864 56,452 72,087 755 66,604 25,955 33,144

Importers 2,906 799,247 128,095 243,645 - - - - Seafood Wholesalers & Distributors 711 93,248 31,697 42,088 239 31,312 10,644 14,133

Retail 6,048 265,188 116,701 149,214 4,010 176,181 77,585 99,186



Key SpeciesAtlantic croaker 543 359 335 442 415 482 482 663 450 306 Black sea bass 724 118 454 445 451 590 507 421 702 818 Blue crab 39,962 31,141 41,690 50,115 52,049 79,055 60,326 60,467 49,956 53,581 Clams or bivalves 4,784 4,889 5,074 5,436 4,403 5,400 4,173 2,259 362 1,253 Eastern oyster 3,435 1,238 3,146 2,277 3,849 4,385 3,691 5,710 7,357 15,687 Menhaden 1,514 650 1,379 915 884 729 685 1,669 861 1,221 Sea scallop 4,549 6,201 2,809 3,758 3,160 1,188 551 202 8 1,328 Striped bass 4,259 4,591 5,333 5,232 5,180 5,425 5,623 6,933 9,931 7,912 Summer flounder 677 550 546 578 551 541 463 380 519 633 White perch 848 569 619 776 942 1,154 1,493 1,430 1,029 1,331



Key SpeciesAtlantic croaker 1,389 738 576 778 550 589 804 1,041 855 522 Black sea bass 337 43 171 159 126 203 167 141 219 303 Blue crab 34,914 29,446 30,778 34,872 38,801 66,262 51,163 43,737 24,179 24,754 Clams or bivalves 6,112 7,756 7,947 8,600 6,292 6,971 5,412 2,962 609 1,955 Eastern oyster 738 274 317 249 498 432 356 618 788 1,196 Menhaden 15,806 5,192 13,751 9,615 9,419 15,467 8,016 16,383 7,298 7,440 Sea scallop 591 931 450 569 521 153 58 20 1 110 Striped bass 2,349 2,485 2,640 2,655 2,812 2,510 2,343 2,541 2,018 2,305 Summer flounder 338 248 229 208 214 261 259 165 178 259 White perch 1,524 688 973 858 1,301 1,700 2,059 1,956 1,244 1,488


Atlantic croaker 0.39 0.49 0.58 0.57 0.75 0.82 0.60 0.64 0.53 0.59Black sea bass 2.15 2.73 2.66 2.79 3.59 2.90 3.04 2.99 3.20 2.70Blue crab 1.14 1.06 1.35 1.44 1.34 1.19 1.18 1.38 2.07 2.16Clams or bivalves 0.78 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.70 0.77 0.77 0.76 0.59 0.64Eastern oyster 4.66 4.52 9.92 9.13 7.73 10.15 10.37 9.24 9.34 13.11Menhaden 0.10 0.13 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.05 0.09 0.10 0.12 0.16Sea scallop 7.70 6.66 6.25 6.60 6.06 7.77 9.53 10.23 12.27 12.11Striped bass 1.81 1.85 2.02 1.97 1.84 2.16 2.40 2.73 4.92 3.43Summer flounder 2.01 2.22 2.39 2.78 2.58 2.07 1.78 2.30 2.92 2.45White perch 0.56 0.83 0.64 0.90 0.72 0.68 0.73 0.73 0.83 0.89

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Maryland | Recreational Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of Maryland Recreational Fishing Expenditures (thousands of dollars)#Jobs Sales Income Value Added



Recreational Anglers by Residential Area (thousands of anglers)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Coastal 620 733 850 643 514 552 415 374 404 413Non-Coastal 49 84 78 50 43 54 49 40 36 41Out-of-State 425 447 528 507 327 462 372 258 329 338Total Anglers 1,094 1,264 1,456 1,200 884 1,068 836 672 769 792


For-Hire 212 239 270 195 203 140 161 151 154 211Private 1,924 1,836 2,352 1,891 1,608 1,643 1,453 1,281 1,576 1,388Shore 1,019 1,145 1,082 1,273 1,082 1,150 1,206 817 1,005 874Total Trips 3,155 3,220 3,704 3,359 2,893 2,933 2,820 2,249 2,735 2,473

Harvest (H) & Release (R) of Key Species Species Groups (thousands of fish)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Blackseabass

H 91 121 39 27 33 36 47 33 30 68R 562 645 577 674 454 670 353 289 350 501

BluefishH 167 421 675 551 591 273 259 114 54 159R 236 778 1,172 1,631 671 162 409 139 258 142


H 784 755 873 620 1,335 1,137 554 979 1,139 1,080R 1,137 1,784 1,258 2,127 1,138 1,011 366 1,731 2,937 1,146

Drum(spot)

H 1,789 2,896 3,615 1,892 2,064 1,164 913 766 936 1,254R 2,136 1,355 1,619 1,738 632 1,155 296 920 2,622 566

Drum(weakfish)

H 534 669 765 415 502 457 445 262 478 583R 3,855 3,711 3,065 1,339 1,424 1,509 1,127 2,207 2,387 2,415

Stripedbass

H 117 37 103 58 65 26 15 22 53 79R 362 252 1,018 923 816 1,226 472 214 279 631

Summerflounder

H 32 1 7 2 4 5 0 11 2 1R 61 47 63 38 8 163 18 25 10 5

Whiteperch

H 2,410 2,561 2,890 1,511 551 2,613 1,572 1,534 2,258 808R 5,837 3,953 5,424 3,853 1,137 2,891 2,348 4,143 6,295 2,164

Wrasses(tautog)

H 29 15 43 19 39 57 12 6 4 0R 148 186 178 151 133 361 75 110 53 2

Yellowfintuna

H 6 8 4 0 5 1 0 0 2 10R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1



Equipment Durable Goods ExpendituresFishing Tackle 134,739Other Equipment 62,083Boat Expenses 375,272Vehicle Expenses 46,786Second Home Expenses 3,304Total Durable Expenditures 622,183


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Maryland | Marine Economy

Maryland’s State Economy (% of national total)1,2


($ billions)


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Gross StateProduct

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CommercialFishing

LocationQuotient3

2005 138,481 (1.8%) 2,167,999 (1.9%) 88.96 (2%) 150.15 (2.1%) 264.73 (2%) 0.732013 135,421 (1.8%) 2,182,260 (1.8%) 108.76 (1.9%) 187.55 (2.1%) 339.41 (2%) ds%Change -2.3 0.7 18.2 19.9 22 NA

Seafood Sales & Processing - Non-Employer Firms (thousands of dollars)2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013


Firms 57 55 56 56 42 43 55 67 49Receipts 2,727 2,751 3,940 3,310 2,268 2,138 2,374 3,030 3,158


Firms 78 73 99 84 94 85 86 96 95Receipts 6,976 7,755 10,493 9,010 8,819 6,177 7,396 6,454 6,147



Establishments 23 19 22 22 19 18 17 16 16Employees 1,141 1,053 1,296 1,003 245 273 264 266 309

Payroll 24,986 28,852 32,386 39,328 13,049 12,652 12,773 13,587 12,455



Payroll 30,148 32,943 50,353 42,296 39,055 39,067 38,971 34,194 30,119



Payroll 13,019 14,190 14,777 11,510 11,499 11,810 12,883 13,027 13,623



Establishments 10 10 8 6 7 8 6 4 4Employees ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds 538


Establishments 16 14 14 13 15 15 16 14 10Employees 316 ds 244 250 255 390 329 245 139

Payroll 14,131 ds 14,905 19,765 20,722 24,185 25,071 17,938 10,041Deep seapassengertransportation

Establishments 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1Employees ds ds ds ds ds ds NA NA ds

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds NA NA ds


Employees 1,228 1,260 1,326 1,383 1,289 1,275 1,294 1,276 1,328Payroll 36,590 40,866 48,752 45,965 45,483 43,508 43,330 43,531 45,540


Establishments 12 13 15 15 16 17 17 6 12Employees 1,639 1,659 1,791 1,572 1,599 2,742 1,924 ds 1,519

Payroll 81,219 73,367 85,328 48,382 46,727 95,182 86,680 ds 60,500Navigationalservices toshipping

Establishments 9 9 8 9 11 10 11 10 11Employees ds ds 157 92 77 84 84 ds 245

Payroll ds ds 4,882 3,968 3,807 4,015 4,259 ds 17,066


Establishments 11 11 8 3 4 5 5 22 16Employees ds ds 323 ds ds ds ds 1,875 962

Payroll ds ds 13,427 ds ds ds ds 93,001 44,436

Ship & boatbuilding

Establishments 57 55 48 46 38 35 35 34 31Employees ds 1,119 874 677 416 ds 633 378 371

Payroll ds 33,463 29,500 22,363 16,238 ds 36,675 14,619 16,822

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New Jersey | Commercial Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of the New Jersey Seafood Industry (thousands of dollars)With Imports Without Imports


AddedTotal Impacts 44,433 6,862,897 1,529,212 2,486,353 7,291 580,593 192,946 277,011


Importers 17,469 4,805,451 770,165 1,464,912 - - - - Seafood Wholesalers & Distributors 2,706 430,305 138,300 188,061 192 30,464 9,791 13,314

Retail 15,408 745,944 322,144 418,446 3,837 185,767 80,287 104,237

Total Landings Revenue & Landings Revenue of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of dollars)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Total Revenue 158,746 146,346 151,509 168,508 151,539 178,572 220,377 187,707 132,860 151,930 Finfish & Other 22,585 33,683 24,234 19,936 24,074 23,031 26,808 28,639 25,951 25,117 Shellfish 136,161 112,663 127,275 148,572 127,465 155,540 193,569 159,068 106,909 126,814

Key SpeciesAmerican lobster 2,001 2,522 4,056 3,215 2,278 2,895 3,039 3,938 2,797 2,380 Atlantic herring 1 3,297 562 548 1,507 422 415 147 401 629 Atlantic mackerel 3,957 9,324 668 1,568 1,539 848 53 589 18 21 Blue crab 6,773 6,359 5,471 7,284 184 12,030 9,422 10,009 8,111 6,192 Eastern oyster 823 2,255 NA 2,547 NA NA NA NA NA NA Goosefish 4,451 4,501 4,486 4,005 3,018 2,752 3,654 3,301 2,453 2,428 Ocean quahog & surfclams 25,567 25,107 26,547 30,838 27,496 23,889 25,301 25,453 22,962 11,455 Quahog clam 7,556 7,615 968 6,254 NA NA NA NA NA NA Sea scallop 88,486 58,538 77,359 91,317 90,150 109,118 142,505 110,560 65,190 88,009 Summer flounder 4,478 5,091 3,988 3,461 3,376 4,552 5,461 5,434 4,899 4,863

Total Landings & Landings of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of pounds)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Total Landings 156,695 175,777 153,848 162,308 162,029 162,164 187,539 180,505 119,912 124,114


Key SpeciesAmerican lobster 369 471 680 633 585 689 687 919 660 526 Atlantic herring 1 25,486 6,038 6,539 13,692 4,140 2,385 1,114 2,344 4,095 Atlantic mackerel 32,414 24,977 5,384 9,426 10,255 4,692 107 2,017 46 29 Blue crab 6,333 5,981 4,636 5,816 257 9,461 9,600 7,393 4,391 3,137 Eastern oyster 162 343 NA 550 NA NA NA NA NA NA Goosefish 3,881 3,842 4,231 3,698 2,692 2,024 2,274 2,212 2,231 2,172 Ocean quahog & surfclams 49,849 43,644 44,791 51,597 45,306 38,538 41,281 38,921 35,960 19,447 Quahog clam 1,852 1,844 240 1,516 NA NA NA NA NA NA Sea scallop 11,831 8,457 11,808 13,282 14,045 14,171 14,545 11,379 5,640 7,133 Summer flounder 2,349 2,380 1,697 1,541 1,799 2,165 2,831 2,269 2,004 1,826

Average Annual Price of Key Species/Species Groups (dollars per pound)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014American lobster 5.42 5.36 5.96 5.08 3.89 4.20 4.42 4.28 4.23 4.52Atlantic herring 0.78 0.13 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.10 0.17 0.13 0.17 0.15Atlantic mackerel 0.12 0.37 0.12 0.17 0.15 0.18 0.50 0.29 0.40 0.74Blue crab 1.07 1.06 1.18 1.25 0.72 1.27 0.98 1.35 1.85 1.97Eastern oyster 5.09 6.57 NA 4.63 NA NA NA NA NA NAGoosefish 1.15 1.17 1.06 1.08 1.12 1.36 1.61 1.49 1.10 1.12Ocean quahog & surfclams 0.51 0.58 0.59 0.60 0.61 0.62 0.61 0.65 0.64 0.59Quahog clam 4.08 4.13 4.04 4.12 NA NA NA NA NA NASea scallop 7.48 6.92 6.55 6.88 6.42 7.70 9.80 9.72 11.56 12.34Summer flounder 1.91 2.14 2.35 2.25 1.88 2.10 1.93 2.39 2.44 2.66

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New Jersey | Recreational Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of New Jersey Recreational Fishing Expenditures (thousands of dollars)#Jobs Sales Income Value Added

Trip Impacts by Fishing Mode For-Hire 843 97,175 45,230 60,497Private Boat 1,615 199,315 79,027 123,615Shore 725 81,909 33,277 51,779

Total Durable Expenditures 16,779 1,658,436 798,708 1,221,087Total State Economic Impacts 19,962 2,036,835 956,242 1,456,978


Coastal 818 693 890 765 656 776 687 662 581 607Non-Coastal 39 25 19 26 35 36 23 27 20 17Out-of-State 471 481 518 456 454 449 357 431 330 566Total Anglers 1,328 1,199 1,427 1,247 1,145 1,261 1,067 1,120 931 1,190


For-Hire 452 633 605 449 434 320 383 369 550 515Private 3,753 3,721 3,614 3,595 2,671 3,265 2,446 2,580 1,914 2,508Shore 2,357 2,682 2,979 2,857 2,234 2,278 2,334 2,072 1,900 1,846Total Trips 6,562 7,036 7,198 6,901 5,339 5,863 5,163 5,021 4,364 4,869


2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Blackseabass

H 660 531 724 580 583 687 149 735 345 469R 2,387 2,082 2,422 4,432 3,138 3,869 1,303 3,817 2,548 2,242

Bluefintuna

H 9 4 7 3 14 6 2 1 9 5R 24 98 1 1 2 7 6 0 0 1

Bluefish H 2,368 1,183 1,654 1,028 814 909 1,149 1,190 792 1,343R 2,293 1,803 2,736 1,477 1,476 1,886 1,910 1,996 883 1,853

Drum(weakfish)

H 6 141 1 152 240 125 206 57 82 177R 2 12 0 20 23 24 13 16 55 13

Redhake

H 412 509 290 310 283 320 393 168 346 225R 1,219 1,890 1,789 1,310 800 690 884 406 1,108 1,052

Stripedbass

H 1,300 1,556 1,068 762 825 552 737 1,131 1,244 1,176R 8,939 6,740 6,192 8,959 10,414 10,565 8,096 6,981 6,461 9,513

Summerflounder

H 1,008 490 230 298 12 2 3 115 30 6R 1,372 1,336 612 1,436 79 102 99 732 93 80

Winterflounder

H 33 64 96 3 7 24 28 0 5 13R 21 113 27 15 26 39 25 2 30 9

Wrasses(tautog)

H 43 201 300 172 127 375 137 38 111 170R 224 604 1,290 901 856 1,063 843 510 462 778

Yellowfintuna

H 22 35 58 7 7 25 17 69 75 7R 1 0 0 1 16 0 0 9 4 0



Equipment Durable Goods ExpendituresFishing Tackle 378,594Other Equipment 110,946Boat Expenses 854,112Vehicle Expenses 86,494Second Home Expenses 5,505Total Durable Expenditures 1,435,651

Total State Trip and Durable Goods Expenditures 1,723,664

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New Jersey | Marine Economy

New Jersey’s State Economy (% of national total)


($ billions)


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CommercialFishing

LocationQuotient1

2005 242,128 (3.2%) 3,594,862 (3.1%) 166.02 (3.7%) 248.25 (3.5%) 444.97 (3.4%) 0.982013 230,281 (3.1%) 3,492,216 (3%) 195.07 (3.5%) 289.63 (3.3%) 537.40 (3.2%) 1.02%Change -5.1 -2.9 14.9 14.3 17.2 4.1



Firms 26 27 25 22 33 47 29 35 48Receipts 3,086 3,027 2,399 1,851 3,670 3,613 3,447 3,565 4,981


Firms 93 72 90 92 86 66 68 77 74Receipts 9,194 8,916 11,320 11,196 11,131 8,265 8,049 8,972 8,257




Payroll 28,235 22,097 18,403 18,703 22,025 17,427 17,940 13,747 22,764


Establishments 85 89 101 81 83 90 91 82 80Employees 914 941 978 856 858 848 935 1,058 765

Payroll 37,828 41,506 41,994 37,462 37,348 38,065 40,103 44,033 37,405



Payroll 11,787 11,373 10,352 9,372 9,126 9,094 9,264 11,561 11,657



Establishments 18 18 23 18 19 18 20 16 16Employees 914 1,040 778 645 594 600 508 402 367

Payroll 54,097 68,096 56,017 48,911 41,925 44,246 40,587 32,007 32,431


Establishments 38 39 31 27 26 26 26 25 20Employees 948 648 566 1,115 1,045 ds ds 390 225

Payroll 68,633 45,940 44,133 75,848 66,547 78,898 81,936 27,481 12,263Deep seapassengertransportation

Establishments 5 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 0Employees ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds NA

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds NA


Employees 978 940 1,045 916 784 781 773 811 787Payroll 38,323 39,154 41,624 39,596 35,811 35,475 34,675 35,760 37,606


Establishments 26 25 23 21 22 21 22 15 20Employees 4,972 4,599 4,781 4,244 3,479 3,292 3,744 2,582 6,912

Payroll 363,714 345,784 350,690 278,189 230,886 260,894 273,636 203,148 538,991Navigationalservices toshipping

Establishments 16 19 26 20 19 16 17 18 18Employees 169 ds 227 191 133 75 110 96 106

Payroll 9,673 ds 11,403 7,776 6,638 6,125 5,619 5,983 6,057


Establishments 7 6 8 6 6 11 7 25 18Employees 194 ds 271 143 54 124 163 ds ds

Payroll 11,599 ds 12,197 12,446 5,548 10,463 16,933 139,276 5,995

Ship & boatbuilding

Establishments 37 34 31 30 25 24 23 21 24Employees 2,320 2,307 2,305 2,019 1,188 1,056 864 901 917

Payroll 89,421 88,367 91,460 79,309 42,909 37,920 39,810 36,334 41,886

Tables | New York

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2014 Economic Impacts of the New York Seafood Industry (thousands of dollars)With Imports Without Imports


AddedTotal Impacts 56,735 6,858,434 1,466,405 2,426,360 4,302 197,521 68,630 95,997


Importers 19,105 5,255,450 842,286 1,602,091 - - - - Seafood Wholesalers & Distributors 5,657 407,246 137,675 185,632 148 10,677 3,610 4,867

Retail 28,767 928,205 393,669 511,388 1,990 68,732 29,058 37,777



Key SpeciesAmerican lobster 4,396 6,288 4,623 3,821 3,468 3,165 1,398 999 938 957 Atlantic surfclam 7,055 2,135 5,932 5,670 5,858 3,929 545 2,783 2,410 1,395 Eastern oyster 1,961 2,390 2,627 2,870 1,428 2,046 2,174 2,227 4,149 9,309 Summer flounder 6,054 5,844 5,157 5,290 4,167 4,516 7,250 8,648 5,949 5,451 Loligo squid 12,696 12,237 14,224 13,185 8,397 7,774 6,905 9,218 13,475 11,605 Quahog clam 2,027 2,450 2,348 1,710 1,887 2,112 2,551 3,536 2,971 2,331 Scups or porgies 3,617 3,519 3,872 5,050 5,018 3,778 4,960 4,083 2,602 2,965 Sea scallop 1,468 2,055 1,628 1,076 700 709 351 332 848 885 Softshell clam 3,797 3,409 3,131 2,933 3,087 3,550 3,732 3,653 3,197 3,000 Tilefishes 2,765 3,325 3,843 3,343 3,262 4,077 4,525 4,260 4,676 4,255

Total Landings & Landings of Key Species/Species Groups (thousands of pounds)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Total Landings 38,150 33,287 35,785 34,175 34,304 33,267 32,010 35,864 33,366 26,029


Key SpeciesAmerican lobster 1,154 1,243 912 850 932 814 344 275 248 216 Atlantic surfclam 11,953 2,987 9,161 8,753 8,799 5,857 809 4,117 3,452 1,983 Eastern oyster 219 269 124 135 64 81 98 108 204 419 Summer flounder 6,693 6,460 5,437 5,469 4,098 3,900 5,630 7,838 4,985 5,141 Loligo squid 1,617 1,650 1,592 1,476 1,410 1,216 1,131 1,299 1,932 1,779 Quahog clam 2,186 2,416 2,325 1,214 1,850 2,690 3,729 4,307 4,574 3,190 Scups or porgies 647 1,040 619 782 918 508 522 430 256 261 Sea scallop 270 393 198 131 114 116 57 54 138 144 Softshell clam 1,799 1,220 942 856 1,142 1,364 1,517 1,238 1,033 834 Tilefishes 1,142 1,298 1,393 1,199 1,435 1,586 1,521 1,413 1,468 1,383


American lobster 3.81 5.06 5.07 4.49 3.72 3.89 4.06 3.63 3.78 4.43Atlantic surfclam 0.59 0.71 0.65 0.65 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.68 0.70 0.70Eastern oyster 8.97 8.87 21.21 21.21 22.23 25.41 22.23 20.58 20.32 22.23Summer flounder 0.90 0.90 0.95 0.97 1.02 1.16 1.29 1.10 1.19 1.06Loligo squid 7.85 7.42 8.94 8.93 5.96 6.39 6.10 7.10 6.97 6.52Quahog clam 0.93 1.01 1.01 1.41 1.02 0.79 0.68 0.82 0.65 0.73Scups or porgies 5.59 3.38 6.25 6.46 5.47 7.44 9.50 9.50 10.18 11.34Sea scallop 5.43 5.23 8.23 8.24 6.13 6.13 6.13 6.13 6.13 6.13Softshell clam 2.11 2.80 3.33 3.43 2.70 2.60 2.46 2.95 3.09 3.60Tilefishes 2.42 2.56 2.76 2.79 2.27 2.57 2.97 3.01 3.18 3.08

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New York | Recreational Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of New York Recreational Fishing Expenditures (thousands of dollars)#Jobs Sales Income Value Added




Coastal 885 735 881 817 638 646 497 533 595 657Non-Coastal 27 25 39 32 21 24 18 30 8 19Out-of-State 110 114 147 118 58 69 46 53 93 155Total Anglers 1,022 874 1,067 967 717 739 561 616 696 831


For-Hire 527 361 684 388 381 348 458 366 565 439Private 3,107 3,120 3,315 3,199 2,819 2,351 2,320 1,908 1,711 2,165Shore 2,495 1,961 2,522 2,341 1,625 1,675 1,389 1,492 1,597 1,351Total Trips 6,129 5,442 6,521 5,928 4,825 4,374 4,167 3,766 3,873 3,955

Harvest (H) & Release (R) of Key Species Species Groups (thousands of fish)1

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Atlanticherring2

H 60 23 214 70 3 79 75 174 222 189R 2 2 230 50 0 17 0 0 59 15

Blackseabass

H 143 269 410 259 566 543 275 322 353 423R 1,071 1,326 1,550 1,654 1,236 1,163 893 2,471 1,372 1,298

BluefishH 1,684 1,832 2,150 1,484 1,294 1,026 928 1,150 1,108 1,421R 3,380 2,379 2,650 3,225 1,793 1,472 1,599 1,809 1,030 1,529

Drum(weakfish)

H 859 1,678 1,596 1,451 1,460 1,991 715 592 1,096 1,133R 1,737 2,622 1,964 2,838 2,124 1,864 998 1,235 1,865 1,697

Porgies(scup)

H 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12R 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 15

Shortfinmako shark

H 378 368 475 685 357 539 676 424 491 409R 1,412 1,723 1,678 1,347 1,074 1,069 1,506 586 989 725

Stripedbass

H 1,163 753 867 608 298 335 376 509 518 509R 7,753 4,946 5,272 5,521 5,564 6,571 7,296 5,013 4,667 4,524

Summerflounder

H 0 10 4 40 0 3 0 5 7 1R 76 17 109 25 3 3 55 12 6 0

Winterflounder

H 100 261 11 41 69 31 65 44 1 25R 200 76 14 17 110 63 101 33 3 11

Wrasses(tautog)

H 85 246 223 320 346 146 111 61 77 265R 177 823 386 728 665 567 487 365 590 898



Equipment Durable Goods ExpendituresFishing Tackle 187,584Other Equipment 63,884Boat Expenses 432,356Vehicle Expenses 34,216Second Home Expenses 718Total Durable Expenditures 718,758


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New York | Marine Economy

New York’s State Economy (% of national total)


($ billions)


($ billions)

Gross StateProduct

($ billions)

CommercialFishing

LocationQuotient1

2005 514,265 (6.9%) 7,417,463 (6.4%) 370.84 (8.3%) 557.79 (7.9%) 1,024.33 (7.9%) 0.132013 532,669 (7.1%) 7,688,492 (6.5%) 466.82 (8.3%) 706.97 (8%) 1,341.59 (8%) 0.13%Change 3.5 3.5 20.6 21.1 23.6 0.0



Firms 57 61 68 73 101 115 142 133 150Receipts 2,652 3,044 3,516 3,383 4,896 6,784 7,380 8,279 9,946


Firms 219 206 266 247 196 214 183 205 197Receipts 24,987 24,790 23,157 23,983 19,753 18,999 16,286 16,714 15,923




Payroll 14,810 16,491 18,723 18,570 15,227 16,976 21,372 25,666 22,776



Payroll 76,177 78,198 84,361 72,233 68,345 72,442 76,970 78,324 84,346



Payroll 25,665 26,701 28,497 30,741 31,640 32,001 35,664 38,721 45,049

Transport, Support & Marine Operations - Employer Establishments (thousands of dollars)2


Establishments 57 55 50 50 48 65 62 42 59Employees 1,448 1,464 1,746 1,759 2,299 1,654 1,708 ds ds

Payroll 91,347 109,315 125,570 160,735 198,352 136,577 154,087 ds ds


Establishments 39 38 34 29 32 30 31 23 20Employees 602 ds ds 732 782 704 752 214 ds

Payroll 39,309 ds 65,632 108,744 89,313 98,499 88,354 31,229 22,691Deep seapassengertransportation

Establishments 6 4 4 3 4 2 1 2 3Employees ds ds 7 ds 8 ds ds ds ds

Payroll ds ds 240 316 126 ds ds ds ds


Employees 2,093 2,112 2,070 2,263 2,099 2,052 2,033 1,868 1,907Payroll 84,832 83,807 88,862 100,910 96,640 94,654 96,408 87,124 93,212


Establishments 12 12 12 10 9 13 12 6 9Employees ds ds ds ds ds 1,086 1,019 ds 922

Payroll ds ds ds ds ds 68,555 66,439 ds 60,079Navigationalservices toshipping

Establishments 35 36 36 32 37 37 35 53 33Employees ds ds 578 386 312 598 596 712 687

Payroll ds ds 40,976 23,294 19,126 50,119 54,406 63,334 68,141


Establishments 3 3 5 3 4 8 9 18 15Employees ds 6 ds ds ds ds 33 1,294 196

Payroll ds 119 ds ds ds 568 1,493 105,325 12,358

Ship & boatbuilding

Establishments 47 48 53 49 47 41 43 49 45Employees 590 ds 643 688 585 575 552 560 ds

Payroll 21,514 ds 26,653 30,462 28,880 26,771 25,998 24,599 24,338

Tables | Virginia

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2014 Economic Impacts of the Virginia Seafood Industry (thousands of dollars)With Imports Without Imports


AddedTotal Impacts 17,253 1,256,929 396,372 568,765 14,618 798,612 304,860 412,727

Commercial Harvesters 4,485 288,115 92,031 136,909 4,485 288,115 92,031 136,909 Seafood Processors & Dealers 1,478 129,405 50,348 64,979 1,421 124,396 48,399 62,464

Importers 1,392 382,882 61,364 116,719 - - - - Seafood Wholesalers & Distributors 751 90,942 31,438 41,900 483 58,501 20,223 26,953

Retail 9,147 365,586 161,191 208,258 8,229 327,600 144,206 186,401



Key SpeciesAtlantic croaker 3,691 4,326 4,445 5,269 6,940 6,025 4,571 7,532 6,247 4,129 Black sea bass 1,242 1,048 663 759 569 928 1,003 1,401 1,716 1,365 Blue crab 20,578 14,057 15,793 18,013 21,169 29,133 26,274 24,561 23,991 26,991 Catfishes & bullheads 900 1,570 978 1,191 1,567 670 1,001 480 645 416 Goosefish 1,142 685 781 951 631 594 752 1,218 920 654 Menhaden 25,259 22,306 25,317 21,271 23,578 34,476 32,995 31,107 25,343 26,021 Sea Scallop 84,574 52,764 63,013 65,534 63,312 70,204 79,427 54,076 32,610 33,643 Spot 2,227 1,793 3,232 1,171 3,411 975 3,431 769 2,406 5,681 Striped bass 4,457 2,946 3,831 3,378 4,219 3,635 4,497 5,542 5,702 6,372 Summer flounder 4,652 4,373 3,184 2,719 2,959 4,202 5,956 7,725 8,513 4,732



Key SpeciesAtlantic croaker 9,272 7,829 10,588 11,214 8,576 7,873 5,569 6,942 6,325 4,766 Black sea bass 475 328 189 215 164 264 275 392 496 388 Blue crab 26,064 22,708 25,141 23,243 32,756 38,490 39,656 33,144 24,258 24,040 Catfishes & bullheads 1,622 1,360 1,598 1,770 1,877 871 1,022 767 1,140 771 Goosefish 1,157 677 847 972 743 596 604 907 846 587 Menhaden 372,578 370,946 420,481 353,895 351,392 433,241 414,159 390,318 317,950 326,592 Sea Scallop 11,444 8,302 9,916 9,685 10,137 9,167 8,260 5,798 2,958 2,752 Spot 3,103 1,696 4,328 1,977 3,910 1,024 3,742 613 2,085 3,929 Striped bass 2,472 1,431 1,962 2,196 2,109 2,139 2,077 2,175 1,680 1,990 Summer flounder 3,869 2,757 1,856 1,654 1,980 2,592 4,065 4,122 4,794 2,049


Atlantic croaker 0.40 0.55 0.42 0.47 0.81 0.77 0.82 1.09 0.99 0.87Black sea bass 2.61 3.19 3.50 3.52 3.46 3.52 3.65 3.57 3.46 3.52Blue crab 0.79 0.62 0.63 0.77 0.65 0.76 0.66 0.74 0.99 1.12Catfishes & bullheads 0.55 1.15 0.61 0.67 0.83 0.77 0.98 0.63 0.57 0.54Goosefish 0.99 1.01 0.92 0.98 0.85 1.00 1.25 1.34 1.09 1.11Menhaden 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08Sea Scallop 7.39 6.36 6.35 6.77 6.25 7.66 9.62 9.33 11.02 12.23Spot 0.72 1.06 0.75 0.59 0.87 0.95 0.92 1.25 1.15 1.45Striped bass 1.80 2.06 1.95 1.54 2.00 1.70 2.16 2.55 3.39 3.20Summer flounder 1.20 1.59 1.72 1.64 1.49 1.62 1.47 1.87 1.78 2.31

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Virginia | Recreational Fisheries

2014 Economic Impacts of Virginia Recreational Fishing Expenditures (thousands of dollars)#Jobs Sales Income Value Added




Coastal 559 578 463 464 515 496 516 412 419 341Non-Coastal 137 90 76 89 87 63 56 78 74 53Out-of-State 511 364 297 338 305 279 320 193 267 206Total Anglers 1,207 1,032 836 891 907 838 892 683 760 600


For-Hire 37 43 60 57 48 45 30 45 59 53Private 2,563 2,590 2,369 2,353 2,124 1,700 1,782 1,426 1,302 1,209Shore 1,365 1,155 1,083 1,089 876 852 1,086 1,051 1,120 920Total Trips 3,965 3,788 3,512 3,499 3,048 2,597 2,898 2,522 2,481 2,182


2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Blackseabass

H 34 83 36 39 115 29 19 4 21 15R 1,116 1,356 1,271 1,251 1,152 525 444 884 594 563

Cobia H 18 22 10 5 17 7 4 1 10 6R 16 23 3 3 13 9 9 9 16 15


H 7,657 7,222 6,944 8,389 5,328 4,744 3,305 3,455 4,318 3,461R 8,738 4,194 8,505 7,807 7,621 4,824 4,873 5,100 6,014 3,606

Drum(spot)

H 2,782 3,585 8,203 4,398 2,147 1,670 2,967 1,350 4,288 3,909R 2,457 1,372 2,156 1,487 1,458 1,155 2,245 1,146 2,218 1,174

Drum (spottedseatrout)

H 22 43 159 104 22 17 248 126 55 47R 192 83 363 367 171 550 1,215 429 291 404

Drum(weakfish)

H 3 13 46 21 38 11 0 29 124 54R 28 186 110 237 178 29 61 2,503 220 114

Reddrum

H 258 461 238 245 226 74 123 70 87 61R 1,295 1,655 949 532 359 135 154 102 169 255

Stripedbass

H 684 763 398 260 288 261 317 260 187 139R 2,509 2,164 3,023 2,425 3,613 2,420 1,987 856 515 642

Summerflounder

H 44 43 88 28 16 4 4 22 2 9R 355 556 230 427 84 178 289 103 80 108

Wrasses(tautog)

H 61 105 61 56 61 127 46 14 6 26R 77 200 80 34 34 130 36 17 17 56



Equipment Durable Goods ExpendituresFishing Tackle 104,059Other Equipment 36,758Boat Expenses 166,902Vehicle Expenses 20,574Second Home Expenses 5,556Total Durable Expenditures 333,850


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Virginia | Marine Economy

Virginia’s State Economy (% of national total)


($ billions)


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Gross StateProduct

($ billions)

CommercialFishing

LocationQuotient1

2005 193,067 (2.6%) 3,060,127 (2.6%) 121.80 (2.7%) 208.44 (2.9%) 358.73 (2.8%) 0.512013 193,907 (2.6%) 3,131,723 (2.6%) 154.47 (2.7%) 259.46 (2.9%) 454.98 (2.7%) 0.68%Change 0.4 2.3 21.2 19.7 21.2 33.3



Firms 65 74 62 74 69 56 73 76 84Receipts 3,665 4,916 4,845 5,020 4,053 3,698 3,792 4,691 4,276


Firms 80 86 84 80 82 82 78 87 94Receipts 8,762 8,027 7,265 8,273 6,642 6,951 7,819 8,373 7,612



Establishments 39 33 30 26 25 23 18 19 18Employees 1,336 871 955 490 941 961 899 919 781

Payroll 39,980 28,530 34,520 11,366 30,600 30,460 33,285 32,955 30,682



Payroll 21,864 21,388 25,365 17,667 15,620 17,901 15,733 14,271 14,719



Payroll 4,865 5,348 5,227 5,170 5,401 5,480 5,453 5,563 5,526

Transport, Support & Marine Operations - Employer Establishments (thousands of dollars)2


Establishments 15 13 15 10 9 7 7 12 11Employees ds ds 565 ds ds ds ds ds 177

Payroll ds ds 30,704 ds ds ds ds ds 10,077


Establishments 24 22 20 18 16 17 21 19 12Employees 1,090 1,564 1,611 409 ds 421 492 ds ds

Payroll 95,871 141,085 148,502 32,473 19,241 35,917 42,018 ds dsDeep seapassengertransportation


Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds


Employees ds ds 992 964 829 868 818 673 840Payroll ds ds 26,186 24,326 24,631 24,182 23,379 18,874 24,468


Establishments 18 17 15 12 12 7 11 6 8Employees 1,516 1,110 1,085 ds ds ds ds ds ds

Payroll 52,254 51,654 56,696 ds ds 41,280 41,262 ds dsNavigationalservices toshipping

Establishments 21 17 18 23 25 26 21 20 18Employees ds ds 216 375 384 411 419 428 303

Payroll ds ds 11,700 21,014 22,177 22,910 22,132 25,732 20,283



Payroll ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds ds

Ship & boatbuilding

Establishments 50 51 52 59 53 56 51 59 54Employees 21,230 21,741 ds ds ds ds ds ds ds

Payroll 938,375 993,066 ds ds ds ds ds ds ds

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